Padding



lMay 8, 1928.

J'. H. TAYLoR mmm@ ' Filed April 1a. 1924 Patented VMay 8, 1928.

UNITED STATES `1e-Mawr OFFICE f tunisia.. TAYLOR, or NEW AYami, N. Y., VAssrcmoa cro .THE `ammisione mainmise!` y naommimr conmm, `or cINcINNATI, omo, A conroenfrron or omo.

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" *applicationmeanpru18,1924. `semi no. 10ans This :invention relates to yielding or resilient paddingsucli as is used on pressing orironi'ng machines, either of the `relatively movable 'upper and lower platen type, or `flat work ironers vincluding padded rolls cooperatiingrwith heated concave platens or Athe li te.

" The object of the invention `is `to `provide improved resilient `padding `adapted to be carried by or mounted upon asuitable support, either curved or flat, and including a pluarilty of individual. yieldable Aand prefer# ably "composite members which may be individually placed, replaced or repaired, and which together provide the lnecessary uniformly yielding `pressurereceiving surface to receive the material or fabric to be pressed, and whichneed only be covered lby relatively lightcover material, Athereby do in away with material of appreciable thickness `of cellulose padding of the usual form'. Further objects of the invention will b more apparent from the description to follow.

ln the drawings, Fig. l represents a detail cross section through a portion of the. roll of a "flat work ironer, "the section `being taken on the, line "l-l, Fig. 3;`1Fig. 2 is a similar section on the line 2-2, Fig. 3 is a plan-view of a portion of a roll, some of the yieldable members or buttons being shown` in `skeleton form .by dot and dash lines `to more clearly illustrate the Vunder spring construction;4 Fig. 4; is a detail section 4on `the line Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a perspective view 'ofioneo the spring tops or buttons; Fig. 6 is a detail *perspective view, illustrating "one of the metal springs; and Fig. 7 is a similar view illustrating the supporting plate `and the parts for attach`- ing thereto'the metal springs.

" In thedrawings, `1 indicates-a portion of a hollow cylindrical wallfof the roll of a flat Work '1roner, or in other words, the

member upon'which the yieldable padding is mounted and which `may obviously Vbe a ilat` or plain 'surface member in the `case `of a `platen `type press. Supported thereon is a platefpreferably `of relatively thin metal and with a smooth inner surface so that it conforms closel to and snugly fits the roll body `1. Saidp ate formsthe support which carries a plurality of like individually vand independently yieldable or resilient comintroduced beneat posite pad members, each of which `prefierably `includes two independently resilient parts, either `or both of which may lbelieat insulating land heat resisting. In .the form shown `in the drawings these resilient pad membeisinclude a lower metal `spring Sof strip or plate iorm, as shown in Fig. 6, `the lower end thereof being adapted to be uttached toand carried `bythe plate 2 and the upper endfthereof forming a `support for like materials andabinder, rubberor rubber compositionsor asbestos with or without the necessary binder to hold it together and give it the required resiliency. Usually these memlbers or buttons Ll are made of a `material which can be molded, 'thereby enabling them to be attachedto the supporting springs 3 a molding operation. The drawings show for this purpose the upper end of each spring 3 `slotted longitudinally with one of the ears 5 `thereof formed or bont out of the plane: ofthe other ear Yso that the molding operation solidly and non`- removably secures eachibutton `to its spring.

The springs 3 are bent :to approximately L-fform having `arms 6 which stand out nearly radially "from the ironing roll and arms 7 terminating in bent `tongues 8, said arms 7 bein adapted to Ibe threaded or passed througi loops 9 struck up from the metal of the support 2. Having threaded said arms through the loo s 9 -a suitable tool may the` free'end of arm 7 to raise lthe same `and snap the tongue f8 thereof into a! slot 10` in the support 2 at oneend of the loop 9.

Fior. 2 shows several ofthe resilient pad members assembled with the support 2 and with their tongues in the recesses 10. It will be observed that the bend in each spring 3 between arms l6 and 7 thereof `rides on 65 the upper pad member orbutton 4, shown in i tongue bend of the next spring, as a consequence of which pressure applied to each button et radially of theY roll causes it to spring downwardly on an arc represented by the dotted line A, Fig. 2. All of the buttons, which are spaced equally and uniformly over the roll, as shown in F ig. 3, have similar movement so that the complete Structure is uniformly resilient or yielding throughout the roll with no variation in the smooth continuous yielding pressure receivn surface presented to the work.

Ilsually the spring padding so far described is covered with a cover cloth ll which may be one or two layers of relatively thin material and need not of itself supply the resilient or yielding properties.

If any one of the yielding pad members is broken, either as to its button 4 or its lower spring member 3 it may be easily removed without interfering with other pad members by inserting a tool beneath the arm 7 near its tongue 8 and releasing the tongue from the locking slot, so that the arm 7 can be unthreaded from the loop 9. A complete new resilient pad member can then be easily substituted therefor, or one of the removed parts, with a new co-operating part, can be returned.

lVhat I claim is:

l. A11-ironing device, comprising a body, a plurality of adjacent resilient members secured at one end thereto and individually removable therefrom, and individually resilient and heat-insulating members carried by the adjacent members at the other end thereof and providing a resilient pressure receiving surface.

2. An ironing djevice, comprising a body, a plurality of adjacent leaf springs having bearing engagement at one end with said body, and individually resilient and heatinsulating members carried by the adjacent members at the other end thereof and providing a resilient pressure receiving surface.

3. An ironing device, comprising a` body, a plurality of adjacent inclined leaf springs having bearing engagement at one end with said body, and individually resilient and heat-insulating members carried by the adjjacent members at the other end thereof and providing a resilient pressure receiving sur ace.

4. AAn ironing device, comprising a body, a plurality vof adjacent inclined leaf springs having bearing engagement at one end with said body, and individually resilient and heat-insulating membersicarried by the adjacent members at the other end thereof and providing a resilient pressure receiving surface, said parts being spaced so that suliicient clearance is provided for movement of said heat-insulating members without interference therebetween.

imposed 'resilient members and the respective members of the pairs being independently resilient and one of each pair composed of heat-insulating material and in direct contact with the fabric covering.

7. An ironing device, comprising a body provided with an upwardly extending loop forming a passageway therebelow, a resilient member-.extending upwardly from said body, and a pressure receiving Vmember mounted upon the upper end portion of said resilient member, said resilient member being provided with an arm extending through said passageway.

8. An ironing device, comprisinur a body provided with an upwardly 'extending loop forming a passageway therebelow and with a recess adjacent said loop, a resilient member extending upwardly from said body, and a pressure receiving member mounted upon the upper' end portion of said resilient member, said resilient member being provided with an arm extending through said passageway and with a portion depending from said arm and engaging in the recess of said body.

9. An ironing device, comprising a body providedwith a plurality of upwardly extending loops forming passageways, a pluralit of resilient members extending upwardly from said body, and a plurality of pressure receiving members mounted upon the upper end portions of said resilient members, each of said resilient members being provided with an arm extending through one of said passageways, the arms of adjacent resilient members being in engagement.

l0. An ironing device, comprising a body provided with a plurality of upwardly extending loops forming passageways, a plurality of resilient members extending upwardly from said body, and a plurality of pressure receiving members mounted upon the upper end portions of said resilient members, each of said resilient members be'- ing provided with an arm extending through one of said passageways, the rear end portion of the arm of one resilient member izo lying in engagement with the forward end portion of the arm of the following resilient member.

In testimony whereof I hereby aflix my signature.

JAMESv H. TAYLOR. 

